Travel Blogs from Austin

... excitedly anticipating our evening activity - a free flight tunnel experience at iFly. We spotted the sign on our arrival and all of us expressed the desire to give it a go. And wow was it worth it!! We were given a half hour instructions on hand signals and keeping your chin up and how to place your hands before being suited up with overalls, goggles and helmets. Our instructor Tex was very experienced and helpful. I was a little nervous but once I leaned into the ...

I am currently sat at another airport waiting for my 3rd delayed flight and starving because they have shut all the restaurant because it is 9 in the evening. This fantastic stop on my journey was the first where I spent the whole time in a hostel on my own and now I am on my way to San Fran.

I arriving into Austin from Houston after a very interesting greyhound journey where I heard the life story of the nice man sat next to me including details about his life in jail, ...

Since Austin was going to be a two day drive, we were up bright and early taking down the tent and loading the car. It turns out Cathy's mom has a piece of land about an hour and a half southeast of where we stayed the last two night, so we decided to go check it out. An acre and a half of scrub land in the middle of nowhere- hummm, what to do with it? At this point we made the decision that Roswell NM would be our stopover for the night and again it would be via ...

We had a couple of days of rehab after SXSW, drinking smoothies instead of beers and eating large subs instead of Whatachickens... Stoop parties were all we had left after the festival ended. We sat on Phils porch and played loud rap music through the 'Pill' speaker that he borrowed in Viceland from a promotional event and never returned to Dr Dre while ...